[Logbook of the Beluga (Steam bark), out of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Hartson H. Bodfish, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage from 28 Mar. 1903-2 Nov. 1903]

by: Beluga (Steam bark); Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett), logkeeper

Publication date: 1903

Topics: Griffith, Edwin L., Bowhead whale, Indigenous people, Right whales, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Cape Bathurst (N.W.T.)--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor (Alaska)--Description and travel, Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Wainwright Inlet (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks, Bowhead whale, Indigenous people, Right whales, Seafaring life, Sealing--California--San Francisco, Seals (Animals), Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whalers (Persons)--Death, Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Cape Bathurst (N.W.T.)--Description and travel, Dutch Harbor (Alaska)--Description and travel, Herschel Island (Yukon)--Description and travel, Port Clarence (Alaska)--Description and travel, Saint Lawrence Island (Alaska)--Description and travel, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Wainwright Inlet (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean; 1903 Mar. 31-1903 Nov. 1; Includes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead and right), and seals seen or taken, accidents and death at sea, fire on ship, indigenous people, and shipboard medicine; and whale stamp (pencil sketches). Other places represented include Dutch Harbor, Wainwright Inlet, Saint Lawrence Island, Point Barrow, Herschel Island, Port Clarence, Cape Smyth, and Cape Bathurst; Repository also has micro

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library